Summary Of The Spirit Bird

The “Path of the left Hand” from the The Spirit Bird is a story about a man name Myron who goes through a life changing experience. Myron is tired of his regular life and decides to meet a new partner to explore new things about himself. Even though we dont if Myron went through with it, the story goes well into detail about the conflict Myron is facing.
The story begins by introducing Myron and describing his life. Myron is a Pharmacist in the small town of Globe, Arizona, he’s married for 30 plus years and has two daughters. He lives a good life and is a big member of his community; being part of the city counsel. Myron lives the life most would want, however he starts to show his depressed side. The story continues by discussing how Myron starts to be distant from his wife and question his life.
Throughout the story we look into Myron’s life and how he becomes distant with his wife. He starts to have thoughts about his happiness and wonders if he is truly happy with his life. Myron constantly argues with his wife, His wife Julia, always nags Myron about his happiness and worries about him. Myron shrugs the arguments off and becomes more distant. After one of their arguments, Myron starts to have a flashback of some gay encounters
He’s hesitant at first, talking to himself about whether or not he's guilty of cheating. This is something he keeps thinking about throughout the process. He thinks to himself, he hasn't really done anything thats consider cheating. But deep down there is intent of cheating, this makes Myron have second thoughts. However, Myron continues on with the looking for a new partner. He needs changes in his life and that's why he continues even though he’s cheating on his wife. He gets many offers, most of which were too pushy, and some blew him off but, in the end he begins chatting with a man who goes by scared to